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Phuket chef charged with kratom possession
Phuket chef charged with kratom possession
PHUKET: Officers from the Phuket Stability Division today (Jan 17) confirmed that a male chef from a unnamed Phuket hotel was arrested yesterday for possession of 56 packs of kratom, which they believe he intended to be sell to teenagers in the local area.
Thai couple survive spirit house wipeout in Rawai
Thai couple survive spirit house wipeout in Rawai
PHUKET: A Thai man and a Thai woman escaped with only minor injuries after the car they were travelling in slid out of control on a hill in Rawai earlier today (Jan 17), and rolled roof-over-floor into a vacant plot and wiping out a spirit house along the way.
Finnish air hostess, 27, found dead in Phuket hotel
Finnish air hostess, 27, found dead in Phuket hotel
PHUKET: A 27-year-old air hostess working for Thomas Cook Airlines was found dead in her hotel room near Phuket International Airport today (Jan 17).
Police name Italian tourists injured in Phuket speedboat collision
Police name Italian tourists injured in Phuket speedboat collision
PHUKET: Two Italian tourists remain in hospital after the speedboat they travelling in was rammed by another tour speedboat off the east coast of Phuket yesterday (Jan 16).
Patong bar owner faces charges for striking security guard
Patong bar owner faces charges for striking security guard
PHUKET: A bar owner in Patong – who has been publicly lambasted for owning and driving a Mercedes-Benz car – has surrendered himself to police for striking a security guard amid a heated argument at the exit of Soi Paradise onto Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd earlier this week.
Eight injured as Phuket speedboats collide
Eight injured as Phuket speedboats collide
PHUKET: Eight tourists were injured when two tour speedboats collided off the east coast of Phuket this afternoon (Jan 16).
Police search for Phuket house shooting suspect(s)
Police search for Phuket house shooting suspect(s)
PHUKET: Police are searching for a suspect or suspects who fired gun shots at a house in Srisoonthorn last night. No fatalities or injuries were reported in the incident.
Phuket’s private piers face marine safety sweep
Phuket’s private piers face marine safety sweep
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong this morning ordered Vice Governor Prakob Wongmaneerung to sweep through all private boat terminals in Phuket that ferry tourist passengers on any tours to nearby islands as part of a crackdown on marine safety.
Man suffers serious head injuries as motorbike slams into drain
Man suffers serious head injuries as motorbike slams into drain
PHUKET: A 30-year-old Thai man suffered serious injuries when his motorbike slammed into a roadside drain in Srisoonthorn, central Phuket, early this morning (Jan 15).
Phuket Governor vows action to improve safety after boat explodes
Phuket Governor vows action to improve safety after boat explodes
PHUKET: The speedboat fireball off Phi Phi Island yesterday (Jan 14) has left three people in intensive care, Phuket Tourist Police have confirmed.
Phone charger believed responsible for Phuket house fire
Phone charger believed responsible for Phuket house fire
PHUKET: Police believe that a house fire that broke out in a house in Cherng Talay on Saturday night causing an estimated B50,000 in damage started due to a mobile phone charger being left plugged in by the French tenant.
Three charges for driver of truck that dropped load on Phuket road
Three charges for driver of truck that dropped load on Phuket road
PHUKET: The driver of a 22-wheeler truck which dropped its load on Route 4233, which runs between Kamala and Patong, this morning is to face three charge; reckless driving, using an unstable vehicle and dropping something on the road which may cause damage to others.
Phuket kids get early start to Children’s Day 2018
Phuket kids get early start to Children’s Day 2018
PHUKET: Young schoolchildren and teachers in Phuket Town got an early start for Children’s Day this morning (Jan 12).
Ten pickup drivers charged for ‘hooning’ in Chalong
Ten pickup drivers charged for ‘hooning’ in Chalong
PHUKET: Ten pickup drivers, including two women, who caused an uproar on the streets of Chalong and online after late-night “hooning” disturbed local residents earlier this week have presented themselves to police to face a slew of charges for the public nuisance.
Rawai Mayor calls for fairness on sea gypsies arrested for national park fishing
Rawai Mayor calls for fairness on sea gypsies arrested for national park fishing
PHUKET: Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos has called for fairness in the case of six sea gypsies who were arrested by Sirinath National Park officials off Phuket’s west coast on Monday (Jan 8).
Australian tourist suffers broken leg in Patong jet-ski collision
Australian tourist suffers broken leg in Patong jet-ski collision
PHUKET: An Australian woman on holiday with her family in Phuket suffered a broken leg in a jet-ski collision off Tritrang Beach, south of Patong, this afternoon (Jan 11).
Improper Phuket temple statues to be removed, reworked
Improper Phuket temple statues to be removed, reworked
PHUKET: Work on removing or remodelling 17 statues and other structures at Phra Nag Sang Temple in Thalang that have been deemed improper will begin at the auspicious time of 9:09am tomorrow (Jan 10).
Phuket sea gypsies charged for violating National Park Act
Phuket sea gypsies charged for violating National Park Act
PHUKET: Six sea gypsies were arrested by Sirinath National Park officials yesterday after being accused of illegally catching marine life in a national park area.
Russian woman injured on Phi Phi was not attacked, say police
Russian woman injured on Phi Phi was not attacked, say police
PHUKET: Krabi Provincial Police say that a Russian woman who was found with several broken bones at a resort on Phi Phi Island on New Year’s Day (Jan 1) was not attacked by an ‘unknown man’ as reported, but fell from the third floor of the hotel.
Phuket beach rights viral video blows out to nothing
Phuket beach rights viral video blows out to nothing
PHUKET: A video that went viral over the weekend of a tourist claiming to be ejected from what he believed was a public beach area on Phuket’s west coast has been debunked by officials confirming that the area is indeed private land.